National Film Award for Best Choreography

National Film Award for Best Choreography
National award for contributions to Indian Cinema
The 2023 recipient: Vaibhavi Merchant
Awarded for	Best choreography for a feature film song for a year
Sponsored by	National Film Development Corporation of India
Reward(s)	Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) ₹2,00,000
First award	1991
Final award	2023
Most recent winner	Vaibhavi Merchant, "Dhindhora Baje Re" from Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani
Highlights
Total awarded	38
First winner	Laxmibai Kolhapurkar
Website	http://dff.nic.in/NFA.aspx

The National Film Award for Best Choreography is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).

The award was instituted in 1991 at 39th National Film Awards but awarded first time at 40th National Film Awards and then awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. Hindi (20 awards), Tamil (6 awards), Telugu (5 awards), Malayalam (4 awards), Bengali and Marathi (1 each).

The choreographer who has won most Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) for Best Choreography is Saroj Khan with 3 wins followed by Prabhu Deva, Raju Sundaram, Ganesh Acharya, and Vaibhavi Merchant with two wins each.

Sundaram and Prabhu Deva, Raju Sundaram are the father and son trio who are honored by this award.

Winners

Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:

List of award recipients, showing the year (award ceremony), song(s), film(s) and language(s)
Year	Recipient(s)	Song(s)	Film(s)	Language(s)	Refs.
1991 (39th)	No Award				[1]
1992 (40th)	Laxmibai Kolhapurkar	–	Ek Hota Vidushak	Marathi	[2]
1993 (41st)	Sundaram	–	Thiruda Thiruda	Tamil	[3]
1994 (42nd)	Subethra Sivakumar	–	Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!	Hindi	[4]
1995 (43rd)	Ileana Citaristi	–	Yugant	Bengali	[5]
1996 (44th)	Prabhu Deva	•"Strawberry Kannae"  •"Vennilavae Vennilavae"	Minsara Kanavu	Tamil	[6]
1997 (45th)	Shiamak Davar	•"Le Gayi"  •”Koi Ladki Hai"  •”The Dance of Envy"	Dil To Pagal Hai	Hindi	[7]
1998 (46th)	Brinda	"Swargam Thedi Vannore"	Daya	Malayalam	[8]
1999 (47th)	Arsh Tanna	"Dholi Taro"	Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam	Hindi	[9]
	Sameer Tanna
	Vaibhavi Merchant
2000 (48th)	Kala	–	Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal	Malayalam	[10]
2001 (49th)	Raju Khan	"Ghanan Ghanan"	Lagaan	Hindi	[11]
2002 (50th)	Saroj Khan	"Dola Re Dola"	Devdas	Hindi	[12]
2003 (51st)	Farah Khan	"Idhar Chala Main Udhar Chala"	Koi... Mil Gaya	Hindi	[13]
2004 (52nd)	Prabhu Deva	"Main Aisa Kyu Hoon"	Lakshya	Hindi	[14]
2005 (53rd)	Saroj Khan	–	Sringaram	Tamil	[15]
2006 (54th)	Madhu Samudra	–	Rathri Mazha	Malayalam	[16]
	Sajeev Samudra
2007 (55th)	Saroj Khan	"Yeh Ishq Haaye"	Jab We Met	Hindi	[17]
2008 (56th)	Chinni Prakash	"Azeem-o-Shaan Shahenshah"	Jodhaa Akbar	Hindi	[18]
	Rekha Prakash
2009 (57th)	K. Sivasankar	"Dheera Dheera Dheera"	Magadheera	Telugu	[19]
2010 (58th)	Dinesh Kumar	"Otha Sollaala"	Aadukalam	Tamil	[20]
2011 (59th)	Bosco-Caesar	"Senorita"	Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara	Hindi	[21]
2012 (60th)	Birju Maharaj	"Unnai Kaanadhu Naan"	Vishwaroopam	Tamil	[22]
2013 (61st)	Ganesh Acharya	"Maston Ka Jhund"	Bhaag Milkha Bhaag	Hindi	[23]
2014 (62nd)	Sudesh Adhana	"Bismil"	Haider	Hindi	[24]
2015 (63rd)	Remo D'Souza	"Deewani Mastani"	Bajirao Mastani	Hindi	[25]
2016 (64th)	Raju Sundaram	"Pranaamam"	Janatha Garage	Telugu	[26]
2017 (65th)	Ganesh Acharya	"Gori Tu Latth Maar"	Toilet: Ek Prem Katha	Hindi
2018 (66th)	Jyothi D. Tomar	"Ghoomar"	Padmaavat	Hindi	[27]
	Kruti Mahesh
2019 (67th)	Raju Sundaram	"Everest Anchuna"	Maharshi	Telugu	[28] [29]
2020 (68th)	Sandhya Raju	"Kadambari"	Natyam	Telugu	[30]
2021 (69th)	Prem Rakshith	"Naatu Naatu"	RRR	Telugu	[31]
2022 (70th)	Jani Master	"Megam Karukkatha"	Thiruchitrambalam	Tamil	[32]
	Sathish Krishnan
2023 (71st)	Vaibhavi Merchant	"Dhindhora Baje Re"	Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani	Hindi	[33]

References

1. "39th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
2. "40th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
3. "41st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
4. "42nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
5. "43rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
6. "44th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
7. "45th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
8. "46th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
9. "47th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
10. "48th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
11. "49th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
12. "50th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
13. "51st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
14. "52nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
15. "53rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
16. "54th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
17. "55th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
18. "56th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
19. "57th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
20. "58th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
21. "59th National Film Awards for the Year 2011 Announced". Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
22. "60th National Film Awards Announced" (PDF) (Press release). Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
23. "61st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 16 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
24. "62nd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
25. "63rd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
26. "64th National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
27. "66th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals . Retrieved 9 August 2019.
28. "67th National Film Awards: Mahesh Babu's 'Maharshi' and Nani's 'Jersey' win big at the award ceremony". 25 October 2021 – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
29. "67th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals . Retrieved 25 May 2022.
30. "68th National Film Awards announced". Press Information Bureau . 22 July 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
31. "69th National Film Awards for the year 2021 announced". Press Information Bureau . 24 August 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
32. "70th National Film Awards for the year 2022 announced". Press Information Bureau . 16 August 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
33. Bhattacharya, Tanisha (1 August 2025). "71st National Film Awards: Karan Johar's Rocky Aur Rani Led By Alia-Ranveer Scores Big". NDTV. Retrieved 1 August 2025.

External links

• Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India
• National Film Awards Archives
• National Film Awards at IMDb